James C. Maxwell Quotes
The numbers may be said to rule the whole world of quantity, and the four rules of arithmetic may be regarded as the complete equipment of the mathematician.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!
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When you go to jail, there's so much simple stuff missing. You just want some good toilet paper or a real toothbrush, a real blanket and a real bed to lay in.
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We always say that National songs have to have a heart, that we don't make cold songs.
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These are the materials for reflection which history affords to those who choose to make use of them.
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In a world where it is so easy to neglect, deny, corrupt and suppress the truth, the scientist may find his discipline severe. For him, truth is so seldom the sudden light that shows new order and beauty; more often, truth is the uncharted rock that sinks his ship in the dark.
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I was a young man wanting to slay dragons, but I'd grown up swaddled and in a post-dragon world.
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Preaching don't mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do.
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The numbers may be said to rule the whole world of quantity, and the four rules of arithmetic may be regarded as the complete equipment of the mathematician.
